Danny Flynn, Tom Coolen land coaching jobs with NHL’s Sabres

Dartmouth’s Danny Flynn and Halifax native Tom Coolen were among four assistant coaches hired by the Buffalo Sabres on Monday to complete Ted Nolan’s coaching staff.

Flynn, who has previously worked with Nolan as an assistant coach with the New York Islanders in 2006-07, was recently the head coach of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s Moncton Wildcats for six seasons, where he compiled a 222-141-47 record and guided the team to the championship in 2010.

He relinquished his coaching duties in 2013 to take on the role as the Wildcats’ full-time director of hockey operations.

Coolen also has a history with Nolan, serving as his assistant coach with the Latvian national team from 2012 to 2014, including the Olympic Games in Sochi. He also spent eight years as head coach of Acadia University from 1987 to 1995, helping the program to its first national championship in 1993.

Like Flynn, Coolen also served as head coach of the Wildcats, and coached in several elite leagues overseas.